On Cinnabar Dawn Terrace.
The moon shone bright amid sparse stars, and heaven and earth lay silent.
"Hm? Did you hear footsteps just now?"
A Peacock Demon guard looked warily toward where the White-Headed Eagle was bound.
"What footsteps? It must have been the wind."
The other Peacock Demon shook its head dismissively.
"Then I must have misheard."
After carefully confirming that there were no outsiders on Cinnabar Dawn Terrace, the Peacock Demon that had first thought it heard footsteps nodded, then continued patrolling the terrace with the other Peacock Demon.
"Phew..."
Seeing this, Xu Taiping, who was hiding beneath the wing of the White-Headed Eagle queen, quietly let out a breath.
"Young man, who are you, and why have you risked coming here?"
A gentle voice entered Xu Taiping's mind.
Clearly, the speaker was the White-Headed Eagle beside him, bound by Demon-Binding Ropes.
She was also Bai Yu's mother.
When Xu Taiping had landed, Bai Yu's mother had already noticed him, and the instant the Peacock Demon guards sensed something, she had covered him with her wing.
"Aunt Night Sparrow, I'm Xu Taiping from Green Bamboo Abode. Uncle White Rainbow has probably mentioned me before."
Xu Taiping sent his voice to Night Sparrow.
This method of short-range Divine Soul communication was very simple. Fairy Lingyue had taught him long ago.
"You... you're the child White Rainbow spoke of?"
Night Sparrow's voice was filled with surprise.
Clearly, she knew of Xu Taiping.
"Child, hurry and leave. The Peacock King comes to inspect this place every two hours. Nine Soul-Locking Nails have been driven into my body, almost completely sealing my demonic power, and I'm bound by two Demon-Binding Ropes as well. You alone cannot save me."
She spoke to Xu Taiping through voice transmission, her tone somewhat urgent.
Hearing this,